Tag Archives: SYRIANS

GENEVA, July 9 (UNHCR) – More than four million Syrians have now fled war and persecution and become refugees in neighbouring countries, making the Syrian conflict the UN refugee agency’s worst crisis for almost a quarter of a century. Latest figures from UNHCR released today (Thursday, July 9) put the...

(UNHCR) – “Maliki my love,” sings Omar, a young Syrian boy. It’s a popular song in Arabic, but the declaration of love to his favourite Lebanese teacher, Maliki, is a special addition. Children from all over Syria have had their childhoods interrupted by the war in their homeland. For Omar,...

French riot police have arrived at a Calais port terminal to try to move dozens of Syrian refugees who have been blockading a walkway to the port building for three days, demanding access to British officials in order to seek asylum in the UK. The approximately 60 Syrians include seven...

(UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency said Friday that the number of Syrians risking dangerous and irregular boat trips to reach southern Italy has risen sharply in recent weeks. “Over the past 40 days, [some] 3,300 Syrians, of whom more than 230 were unaccompanied children, have come ashore – mainly...

UNHCR) – Aid provided by the UN refugee agency has been distributed to some of the neediest local and forcibly displaced families among the 10,000 people living on Arwad, Syria’s only inhabited Mediterranean island. The head of the municipality confirmed at the weekend that most of the emergency relief items...

Some of the Syrians fleeing the conflict in their country have crossed Turkey aiming for Greece, in order to claim asylum in the European Union. But to get there they have to take to boats – and there have been persistent reports of Greek officials pushing them back into Turkish...

(UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency announced on Tuesday that more than half-a-million Syrian refugees have been registered or are awaiting registration in the four neighbouring countries and North Africa, and the numbers are climbing by more than 3,000 per day. Chief spokesperson Melissa Fleming, citing UNHCR’s latest figures from...

(IRIN) – Fewer tourists, lower levels of investment by Gulf states and reduced opportunities for cross-border trade with Syria are adversely affecting Lebanon’s most vulnerable people, including the hosts of many of the tens of thousands of Syrian refugees. Most of the refugees in Lebanon are hosted by private families...

For Syrians fleeing their homeland, there is never a right time to leave. Zaina,* 24, endured more than a year of fighting in her hometown of Homs before 10 neighbours were killed in a single helicopter attack last month. Nine months pregnant at the time, she decided she had had...